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AND ZOOM INFO SESSION PhD German JHU

The German Program at the Johns Hopkins University invites applications for PhD studies to begin in Fall 2025, with 5 years of guaranteed funding, including full tuition, generous stipend, and basic health insurance for all admitted graduate students who join our program.  Our graduate students can also apply fo summer fellowships and travel support.

The German program at Johns Hopkins is among the most distinguished in North America. It has been a leading force in literary criticism with recognized strength in the intersections of literature and philosophy

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Central and East European Program Lecture Series 2024 - 2025

Sponsored by: Department of German and Slavic Studies (University of Manitoba, Canada), Central and East European Studies Program (University of Manitoba, Canada), and German Studies Canada

Book Launch: Juli Zeh – A Critical Companion

Thursday, November 21, 2024

11:30 PM – 12:45 PM (Central Time) via Zoom

In their talk, the co-editors of this volume cast a critical light on one of Germany’s bestselling and most controversial authors. Juli Zeh’s literary work is not only widely read in Germany, but also featured on high school and college

Earlier this year, Martina Läubli, arts editor for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, published an exposé on gender in the German literary industry and declared “Die Frauen haben die Macht übernommen.”[1] Indeed, in recent years, women (queer and non-queer) as well as non-binary authors and their writings have received increasing attention, including appearing on more short lists for book prizes and occupying high rankings on bestseller lists. However, many of these authors still do not attain the consideration they deserve within the industry. For example, Kim de l’Horizon won the German Book Award in